The Bodega Bay Mystery Author:Ann Wedgeworth The Bodega Bay Mystery is a fictional story built around the salmon fishing industry at Bodega Bay, California. It is the story of how Mark, age twelve, and his friends stumble onto an illegal fishing operation when they explore an old abandoned boat at Horseshoe Cove. Woven into Mark’s adventure is the incredible story of the king salmon and it... more »s ability to find its way to the ocean from a remote mountain stream and then, eventually, find its way back to the exact place of its birth. Mark learns how to fish for salmon along the coast and, in the process of the story, learns how not to judge others.« less